Top 20 Songs on My Labor & Delivery Playlist

June 23, 2015

1. “Will you bring a medicine ball or yoga mat to the delivery room?”

2. “Does your hospital allow candles or scent diffusers?”

3. “Have you made a labor and delivery playlist yet?”

Maybe, collectively-speaking, we’ve become high maintenance pregnant poodles compared to our mothers and grandmothers, and certainly those badass great-grandmothers, who likely gritted their teeth through primitive home births with more poise and strength than I…

Abbey Cleland writes fiction, TV, film, and essays. Her work’s appeared on Lifetime, Hallmark Movie Channel, and PixL networks, while she continues to write, develop, and consult for other production companies and studios. One of her romantic comedies is currently in pre-production, with plans for a theatrical release. In 2014, she completed an MFA in Fiction. Her master’s thesis, an upmarket women’s comedic novel, is being considered for publication.
Abbey’s a big believer in the power of purposeful words, as well as brunch, Belvedere Vodka, and espresso. When she isn’t writing, reading, watching baseball, or contemplating if she can muster the energy for Pilates, Abbey’s soaking up time with her much-adored husband, Anthony, or feline office mate, Louisa May Al-Cat. She's also very much looking forward to becoming a mom in July 2015. Follow Abbey on her website, as well as Facebook and Instagram.